Savings-bank



(No Model.)

H. H. NORRINGTON.

SAVINGS BANK.

No. 569,798. Patented Oct. 20 1896.

Z 33 Z gzwsszs MgZ TOE W By aftiomey QZQM M 754 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. NORRINGTON, OF l/VEST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,798, dated October 20, 1896. Application filed February 8, 1896- Serial No. 578,472. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. NDRRINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVc-st Bay City, county of Bay, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Savings-Banks; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements in a collapsible savings-bank of simple and economical construction; and it consists of the construction hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- 7 Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Vertical section. Fig. 3 shows the body of the bank collapsed.

I carry out my invention as follows:

A represents a base of any suitable material, as of cardboard, for example.

B represents the collapsible body of the bank, preferably of wedge shape, having side walls B B connected bya flexible materialb at each side thereof, as indicated in the d rawings, so that the sides B B may be collapsed together when removed from the base. One of the sides, as the side B, is formed with an orifice I), through which a deposit may be made in the bank. One or both of the sides of the collapsible body is provided with a flap B In Figs. 1 and 2 l have shown but a single flap and a single fastening 0, the flap B being connected with the side B. \Vith the side B is connected an elastic band D, which band, to expand the body of the bank, is passed over the adjacent end of the base A and then engaged with the prongs of the fastener C. To collapse the bank constructed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the band Dis disengaged from the fastening G, and the fasteuing G is disengaged from the base A, when the body 13 may be collapsed and folded down upon the base for storage or shipment.

It is obvious that a bank so made is economical, and at the same time it is capable of being collapsed into compact form and of being very readily expanded for use.

Any suitable printed or advertising matter may readily be applied to the sides or ends of the collapsed body as well as to the base, as may be desirec I do not confine myself to any definite shape of the body B of the bank.

The flaps B are preferably flexible, permitting the collapsed bank to lie down fiat upon the base A.

What I claim as my invention is-= 1. In a savings-bank, the combination of the sides B, B flexible material connecting said sides and forming therewith a collapsible body, a flexible flap united to the lower edge of one of said sides, a base, a fastening passing through said flap and base, and means to secure the other of said sides to said base, whereby said body may be held upon the base in an expanded position, and collapsed and folded down upon the base without the removal of said fastening, for the purpose described.

2. In a savings-bank, the combination of the sides B, B flexible material connecting said sides and forming therewith a collapsible body, a'flexible flap united to the lower edge of one of said sides, a base, a fastening passing through said flap and base, and a band connected with the other of said sides extending over one end of the base and removably secured to said fastening to hold said body in an expanded position, andwhereby the body may be collapsed and fold ed down upon the base, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. NORRINGTON.

W'itn esses:

DANIEL M. SHAVER, FREDERICK J. REEVES. 

